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No big projects in the works currently… so I’m killing my free time making cutting boards.

11.25” x 14.75” x 2”, 9.5 lbs. – padauk and jatoba.

I ended up rounding the edges of my last batch, and they looked wonderful and were received quite well… so I’ll probably do that again… who knows… Planning isn’t exactly my strong suit.

Update – The colors changed so much after it was oiled, that I posted another picture (granted, said picture doesn’t really do it justice… but I posted it regardless). The padauk turned an almost bloody red color and the jatoba darkened up quite a bit… I’ll definitely be using both of these again in the future.

I like the color arrangement.From the practical point of view, I prefer soft wood for FLAT grain cutting board than real hard wood like jatoba or padauk. A little softer wood is more generous for the blade and tends to chip out less, I think.But who’s gonna use this for daily chopping? lol

i can definitely agree with the softer wood, generally i don’t use stuff like this… i used these particular woods, because i had never worked with them before, and i wanted to get my eye in on how easy they were to work with, how they finished… etc.

i sure hope whoever ends up with this one uses it for daily chopping! that’s the point of it :)